Gabrielle

Sara and Ali were really angry at one of their relatives and decided to pen their feelings '05. The girls frequently referred to the victim as "Meatball", an alias enabling them to mock her without her knowledge. I trust by now the girls have atoned for their transgression.

My husband Metin and I are avid bridge players. Despite being partners for nearly 20 years, we hadn't yet codified our bidding system notes, until one day in Jan '07 when I created this document. I think I told Metin about its existence, although I'm fairly sure he hasn't read it.

This is part four of a seven-part series titled "The Thief", written by my ten-year-old son, Noah. He wrote the series over the course of several months of school, 4th grade, '07. Noah's teacher permits him to leave the classroom when the noise, lights and commotion become too much for him. When this happens, he, and his para-professional Mrs. Tieva, go to a quiet room where Noah typically dict...

My ten year old son wrote this as part of a 4th grade assignment, spring '07. At the end of the school year, parents received a collection of poems written by the class (thanks Mrs. Klukas.) During parent/teacher conferences, she remarked that Noah is a very creative boy. He's an introspective, curious child whose imagination sometimes gets the best of him. My husband jokingly calls him the "ex...